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  • proper noun A taxonomic subphylum within the phylum Myzozoaparasitic protista having no cilia.

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  • The fourth group is the CHROMALEVOLATES, and includes an enormous diversity of algae -- brown algae, as well as the unicellular and very beautiful diatoms, dinoflagellates, as well as ciliates (remember Paramecium from high school?), and a parasitic group called Apicomplexa (which includes that malarial parasite Plasmodium).

    Boing Boing 2010

  • Family members share numerous genes, but many are unique to Apicomplexa, making it difficult to predict or determine gene functions.

    Science Blog - Science news straight from the source 2009

  • Apicomplexa that is able to infect a wide variety of host cells.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Sandeep Ravindran et al. 2009

  • Apicomplexa that is able to infect a wide variety of host cells.

    Elites TV 2009

  • Apicomplexa that is able to infect a wide variety of host cells.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Sandeep Ravindran et al. 2009

  • Carotenoids are generally synthesized in well defined subcellular organelles, the plastids, which are also present in the phylum Apicomplexa, which comprises a number of important human parasites, such as Plasmodium and Toxoplasma.

    Journal of Biological Chemistry current issue 2009

  • The protozoan parasites Theileria parva and Theileria annulata, like Plasmodium spp., belong to the phylum Apicomplexa.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Jacqueline Schmuckli-Maurer et al. 2009

  • Their success effectively turned the parasite into a dependable genetic workhorse for all the diverse organisms in the Apicomplexa phylum.

    Science Blog - Science news straight from the source 2009

  • They try to control the insect population by infecting them with various protists from Apicomplexa.

    CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • Other differences in the taxonomic recovery of tags included representatives from alveolates (Apicomplexa and Ciliophora), Ichthyosporea, Metazoa, parabasalids, rhodophytes, stramenopiles, Fungi and Viridiplantae.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Linda A. Amaral-Zettler et al. 2009

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